Dimension

Quantity Plan Takeoff

How long does it take you to do a quantity takeoff? It’s an important task, but the more time you spend counting and measuring, the less time you have to refine your estimates and take on additional bids.

We make the takeoff of quantities much simpler. With eTakeoff Dimension software you do your takeoff directly from electronic drawings. After all, most plans today are digital, so why spend the money and time to print plans from PDF to paper. Plus, electronic plan takeoff is more accurate, letting you measure much more precisely than from paper drawings.

No more omissionsAs you work, Dimension software highlights the areas already measured, so you can be sure you haven’t missed anything. You always have a record of what you took off that is saved, along with drawings and specifications, for each project. Share the marked up drawings with your customers, superintendents and project managers, who can use our free plan takeoff software viewer to access the PDF plan. And when a question arises about the estimate, respond quickly with the exact details used to put together the bid.

1, 2, 3, and countingAdding up multiples of the same item across a set of plans is tedious, especially if you work with electrical and mechanical drawings. Our patented pattern search, also called symbol search or auto count, does the counting for you. Just select a symbol for an item such as a smoke detector. Dimension will search the plans and automatically generate a count—all in the background as you continue to do quantity takeoff. It’s that easy.

One measurement—tons of informationStreamline your quantity takeoffs even more with our Dimension assemblies. Take off the length of a wall, for example, and the assembly will generate all the wall’s component quantities—from studs to drywall sheets. Then, if you estimate with Sage Estimating, use e-Takeoff Bridge to transfer the data either automatically or by dragging and dropping the assembly into your estimate.

Sorting the detailsHow many different ways do you, your company, and your customer need to look at your takeoff and estimate? On complex projects, a master list of work breakdown structure (WBS) codes could reach into the hundreds. Dimension lets you easily assign work breakdown codes such as location, estimator and change order as you do your quantity takeoffs. Simply highlight a specific item on the drawing, or an entire section, and add the related code. Need to change a WBS code across multiple items? Use our filter feature to find everything tagged with the code and change it all in one fell swoop.

Design changes? No problemThe phrase “change happens” must have originated in the AEC industry. With Dimension, you can handle any design change that comes your way. If you receive a revision to an existing drawing, just do an overlay to see the differences between the two drawings and easily adjust the quantity takeoff. And if you are using Bridge, you can automatically update the estimate with drawing changes while still retaining original estimate details such as pricing and productivity factors. No more redoing estimates whenever a design changes.